Cape Krillon is the southernmost point of the Krillon Peninsula and the entire island of Sakhalin .
| Cape Crillon | |
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 Satellite view | |
| Location | |
| Water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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| The subject of the Russian Federation | Sakhalin Oblast |
The name was given in honor of the French commander Louis-Balbes de Crillon by the great French navigator Jean-Francois de Laperouz [1] .
In the north it is connected by a narrow but high and steep isthmus with the Krillonsky Peninsula , in the west it is washed by the Sea of Japan , in the east - by Aniva Bay, Sea of Okhotsk . From the south - the Laperouse Strait , dividing the islands of Sakhalin and Hokkaido .
An old Russian signal cannon has been preserved on the cape. A weather station [2] is operating on the cape, the lighthouse of the Pacific Fleet and the military unit are located here. Not far from the cape is the rocky island of Danger Stone .
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Climate
| Climate of Cape Crillon (1977-2006) | |||||||||||||
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| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Absolute maximum, ° C | 2.7 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 10.9 | 16,0 | 17.9 | 23.3 | 23,2 | 20.5 | 17.4 | 12,4 | 6.5 | 23.3 |
| Average maximum, ° C | −4.7 | −4.7 | −0.9 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 11,4 | 15.9 | 18.1 | 15.9 | 11.2 | 5.2 | −0.5 | 6.6 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −7.6 | −7.7 | −3.1 | 1,5 | 5,0 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 16.1 | 14.1 | 8.7 | 2,4 | −3.2 | 4.0 |
| Average minimum ° C | −10.3 | −10.6 | −5.9 | −0.5 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 10.9 | 14.6 | 11.9 | 6.2 | −0.3 | −5.9 | 1.7 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | −18.6 | −19.3 | −14.4 | −6.3 | −1.7 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 10.1 | 5.5 | −1.4 | −8.3 | −13.7 | −19.3 |
| Source: ESIMO | |||||||||||||
See also
- Cape Elizabeth
- Cape Aniva
- Cape of Patience
- Lighthouse Crillon
Notes
- ↑ K. M. Braslavets. History in titles on a map of Sakhalin Oblast. - Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk: Far Eastern Book Publishing House, 1983. - P. 53. - 144 p. - 10,000 copies.
- ↑ Cape Crillon (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment August 25, 2007. Archived on October 8, 2007.